It was a sad day yesterday as we had to have our lovely cat Suzie put to sleep. It was a heart breaking decision to make but she had really gone downhill over the last few days so it was the kindest thing to do. We brought her home and she has been buried in the garden with her brother, Tigger. We got her and Tigger from some friends of ours in the village who have a farm and had taken in a stray, wild pregnant cat. We decided we would have one of the kittens and duly drove up from Cornwall where we were living at the time. There were only two of the five kittens left by then and so although we only intended having one kitten we didn't like to leave one behind so we took both home with us. Suzie was the last one left.
This morning we did an Easter trail that the primary school fundraising group had organised. We had to walk around the village looking for coloured in pictures of eggs in windows with a letter. We had to find 13 eggs and use the letters to make an Easter phrase. It's £! to enter and there are 4 prizes of Easter eggs up for grabs. On our route we stopped at our park and coffees/cold drinks from the mobile van that was there.
The afternoon was spent pottering in the garden, weeding and refreshing the barked areas that we have. We finished off the day with the first barbecue of the year - eaten inside I hasten to add. Tomorrow we will probably go on a nice long walk and depending on the weather Sunday we may go and sit on the beach for a few hours while the girls use the paddleboard.
Now I am going to sit with a glass of wine and read my latest book.
So sorry about losing Suzie, it really is losing a family member. How luckky she and Tigger were to find a loving family. Poppy and I sent you cuddles and hugs. Val
ReplyDeleteIt has been awful and like you say it's like losing a Daughter/Sister. It was, however, the right thing to do, and the girls could see that, even though it was a really hard decision.
DeletePoor old puss cat - they always seem to go downhill so quickly at the end.
ReplyDeleteI just hopped over to the library website to see where I am on the list for the Elly Griffiths . I reserved it in December and now I'm- 64th out of 278!! so getting there slowly. Although I see they have 90 copies so it might not be too long
It was shocking how quickly she deteriorated in the last couple of days which made it a bit easier to feel we were making the right decision.
DeleteI am loving the Elly Griffiths book. Surprisingly, I only had to wait a few weeks to get it from the Library, however, The Thursday Murder Club, which I picked up last week, I ordered back in November!. I won't be reserving anymore books from the library as they are back to charging 75p per book which soon adds up.
Rest in peace, Suzie.What a wonderful long life she had, so much love shared between you. xxx
ReplyDeleteThat's what I said to the girls - she must have really loved living with us to have reached such a great age. It has, however, been a pretty rubbish few days x
DeleteI'm so sorry to read about lovely Suzie. It was the kindest decision, although that doesn't make it any less upsetting. She was clearly well loved and you must be missing her terribly. X
ReplyDeleteIt has been a hard week with a lot of tears and it is strange not to have her wandering about but she was going downhill so quickly it was the kindest thing to do.
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